{"product_id":"9781780601410","title":"The Book of Puka-Puka","description":"Author: Robert Dean Frisbie\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780601410\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Eland Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Jun 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuka-Puka is a triangular coral reef, some seven miles in circumference with three islands. It frames a lagoon so clear that one can see the coral forests some ten fathoms below. It is the most remote, and probably the most beautiful, of all the Cook Islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Dean Frisbie was born in Ohio (1896) but his health was crippled after fighting in the First World. In 1920, he sailed for the Southern Pacific with a library of books, a desire to live and an ambition to write. In 1924 he travelled out to Puka-Puka and over the next four years he wrote a series of twenty-nine articles for \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, which were later gathered together to create\u003ci\u003e The Book of Puka-Puka\u003c\/i\u003e.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Puka-Puka\u003c\/i\u003e is not about travel, it is about staying still. It is about living as a conspicuous stranger and slowly allowing yourself to become absorbed into the ways of an ancient, indigenous community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924840988830,"sku":"ING-9781780601410","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780601410.jpg?v=1782953714","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780601410","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}